Lanyard poetry

Everyone who has worked at Mowana (or probably any other camp) will appreciate this from poet laureate Billy Collins: The Lanyard (even if you don't like poetry--or gimp.) Collins, one of my favorite living poets, was on Prairie Home Companion on New Year's Eve. I had just arrived at a gathering of old Mowana staff and was parking my car when he started to read the poem. I was torn between running inside and yelling "Turn on NPR!" and sitting to listen. I listened. (You can too. The poem starts about five minutes into this linked audio segment.) Enjoy.

That evening, because it was indeed a wild party, involved the sharing of some reading recommendations and a bit of actual book-swapping. Of course most of us forgot the titles instantly. I'll try to remember my suggestions and post some ideas here as they come to me. I'd be glad to get ideas from the rest of you, too.